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'E K.BETT S. MANUFAUTURE 0F GOLLARS AND UUPFS.

Patented July 10, 1883.

M'lnesses I STATES EDGAR K. BETTS, OF LANSINGBURG, ASSTGNOR TO \Yl'liLl'AM S. l-..\lll. .\I\'l) PATENT OFFICE.

lt. \VILSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURE OF COLLARS AND CUFFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,899, dated July 10, 1883,

Application tiled December l8, IFS-J. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR K. DI-a'r'rs, of Lansingbnrg, in the county of Rcnsselaer and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Cuffs and Collars, of which the following is a specification.

In the manufacture of cuffs and collars it has been usual to sew the outer plies to the inner plies or interlinings around the ends and one longitudinal edge while all are wrong side out, and subsequently to turn them right side out through the edges, which are left uu sewed. Ultimately the unsewcd edges of the outer plies are folded over the interlinings and sewed together, after which a line of stitching is run around at a short distance from the edges. The edges last sewedtogetheg on ing to the edges of the plies being "merely" folded -,5 over the-interlinings, are very thin,v

and hence are apt-to .cut or scratch the persoiiof theweareif'to say nothing'of therapi'd ity with which they become worn through.

To...obviate this. .is .;the...obj ect of the, present k, I r

improvement. I accomplish the desired result in this way! The front, the'back, and the inner plies or interlinings are cut to the de sired sizes and shapes and laid together in the usual way. The back or front is folded over along one edge from end to end. A row of stitching is run around the other three edges of all the parts. The parts are then turned right side out. Next, all the unsewed edgcs,exeept the edge of the front or back previously folded, are united together by pasting or sewing, and all folded over before, and all these parts so fastened together are turned in on a line with the part first folded over. The parts are then all united by a row of stitching.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the parts of a cuff when sewed together wrong side out. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the cuff turned right side out. Figi'3 is a side view, showing the outer ply, which is folded ove'r,with one or more plies of the interlining united thereto by stitching. Fig. 4. is a similar view, showing the outer ply and the ply of the interlining, to which it is sewed. turned in. I-ig. :1 is a l'l'illlSVPl'Sl seetiou, illustrating the same ('nudilion as land Fig. (i is a side \'l(\\\ of lheeull' completed.

Similar letters of reference designate (-lu'rvspending parts in all the figures.

A A designate the outer plies or front and back of the cull, made of line fabric. and ll ll designate the plies of inlerlining. made of a coarser and stiffer material. 'llhese several parts are cut of the proper sizes and shapes, and arranged with the outer plies together and the plies of the interlining together and upon the outer plies. One longit ulinal edge of the back A is now folded over. The. parts are then stitched close to the ends and one longitudinal edge or side, as shown ata in Fig. 1.; but they are left detached along the other longitudinal edge or side. The parts are now turned riglit side out, the outer plies or front and back being thus brought out on the exterior. The front A and one or more of the plies of'the 'interlining are their-pasted or stitched to the adjacent ply of the interliuing. stenedlogcther are next turned th the foldedover edge of the back, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and A line of stitching, b, is then run entirely around the cuff. 'In this way I make the edge of the cuff last sewed hare thesaine thickness as the 0bll0lS,flll(lll0llC0 I produce a uniform head or rolled edge all around the cull, and not alone improve the appearance of the end, but render it more comfortable to wear and increase its durability. The object of 'iastiug or sewing the edges of the front lulu-linings before turning them in is to prevent the. linen back from slipping away from the interlining when the cuff is ironed, and so forming a little thin edge. Collars inaysoinctimesbe made in the same manner.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improvement in the art or method of making cuffs and collars, consisting, first, in folding over one edge of the front or back from end to end thereof; secondly, in uniting the outer plies and the plies of interlining. while wrong side out, by sewing them close to I'LL the edgcsm'ound three Fllhfl only; thirdly, in in running a line 0! stitching around :11 :1 turning the article right side out; l'ourl'hly. in I short".- distance from tho mlgvs, v uh -laul fully as uniting all t-lmunsmvcd edges (xx-(pl [howl g1: spwailiml.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 280,899.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 280,899, granted J 111 y In, 1883, upon the application of Edgar K. Bctts, of Lansing-burg, New York, for :m i mprovomentiu the Manufacture of Collars and Cuffs, an error appears requiring correction as l follows: in line 36, ):1-gc 1, of thc printed specification, the following words should have i been stricken one, viz: folded over before, and all and that the specification should be read with this correction therein to make it conform with the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed, common-signed, and scaled this 24th day of July, A. l). 1583.

H. M. TELLER, Sccrom-ry of the Interior.

lSEAL] Countersigncd:

E. M. MARlRLE,

Commissioner of Patents. 

